Gayby Baby

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GAYBY BABY is a portrait of four kids – Gus, Ebony, Matt and Graham – whose parents all happen to be gay. As they each wrestle with the challenges of oncoming adolescence, the outside world wrestles with the issue of marriage equality, and whether or not kids like them are at risk.

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Maya is an Australian filmmaker with a focus on social impact documentary. She has directed award-winning short documentaries, TWO (AFI Docs, Slamdance, Winner AIDC emerging talent) and GROWING UP GAYBY (ABC TV) and her feature documentary GAYBY BABY (2015). GAYBY BABY was selected for GoodPitch2 Australia 2014, premiered at Hot Docs, screened at London BFI, Doc Leipzig, Doc NYC, is on Netflix US and reached No. 1 on iTunes doc charts during it’s UK release. In Australia, the film famously caused a national stir when it was banned by the Australian State Government and is acknowledged as significant in the fight for Marriage Equality and Adoption Equality in Australia. IN MY BLOOD IT RUNS was selected for Good Pitch Australia 2016, the Sundance Documentary Fund and Sundance Skywalker Music and Sound Design Labs and is due for release in 2019.